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A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1621, while a small clothier in 1638 had a close of wheat worth 6 and malt worth 1 5 s., and in 1719 the wealthy … poor relief since. One, with three pigs, had accumulated wheat, barley, beans, and potatoes worth over 30; he and his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had fuller's earth in his high chamber and two quarters of wheat in the hall chamber, while a mercer's hall-chamber in …
A History of the County of Oxford
A History of the County of Essex
… half a plough team. In the early 14th century oats, rye, wheat, and barley, and a few peas and beans were grown. Oats … Park estate, 53 and by 1778 they were growing rye, wheat, barley, oats, peas, and turnips. 54 In 1801 the … largest of the 'very bountiful' crops in the parish was wheat with 267 a., followed by 175 a. of oats, 122 a. of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 251 acres woodland; the soil is clay, producing excellent wheat, and there is some very fine oak-timber. Stone is … heath-land; the remainder is heavy, more suitable for wheat, and the surface is generally level, lying in a hollow. … The soil is chiefly a sound clayey loam, well adapted for wheat and beans, with fertile patches peculiarly suited to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the 19th century is not known, but in 1592 a tenant had wheat in King's Bush furlong and barley at Fuller's Well, … demesne land in Wovercote and Walton with dredge (275 a.), wheat (145 a.), and pulse (47 a.); no oats were sown that … as 61 sheep. Three people kept bees. The usual crops were wheat, maslin, barley, and beans or pulse, although rye, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and a millstone were bought at Newmarket and Bury, wheat was carted and animals were driven for sale to Brandon …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1398-9 (sowing) Tenant of Ditton Valence 1465 (distraint) Wheat 48 a. 47 32¼ a. 29 60 a. 26 80½ a. 35 84 a. 38 6 a. 32 … the cereals grown in the Middle Ages, beyond the staple of wheat and oats. 41 Demesne flocks, numbering 520, 100, and 60 … and commons 250 a., heath 600 a., and woods 150 a. 60 Wheat, barley, oats, peas, and rye were grown on a …
A History of the County of Essex
… mid 18th century the fields had been inclosed with hedges. Wheat, oats, and peas were being grown for the London market, … In spite of this, he was still obliged to pay composition wheat and oats for the king's household. 53 After the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… much as the tithe of lambs and fleeces in 1340. 5 Barley, wheat, and oats were apparently grown in 1374, 6 and wheat in the 18th century, when cows and sheep were kept; … 26 farming was chiefly on a four-course rotation, and wheat, oats, turnips, seeds, and peas were grown. 27 …
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